Finnish magic songs
Author | : John Abercromby |
Publisher | : FilRougeViceversa |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2021-08-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783985942343 |
ISBN-13 | : 398594234X |
Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Download or read book Finnish magic songs written by John Abercromby and published by FilRougeViceversa. This book was released on 2021-08-21 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Finns possess a considerable number of words and epithets for wizard, sorcerer, witch, seer, ecstatic and the like. Some of these are native words like noita 'a sorcerer,' tieto-mies or tietäjä 'the knower,' loitsija 'the reciter of a magic song (loitsu), arpoja 'a diviner,' näkijä 'a seer,' myrrys-mies or into-mies 'an ecstatic,' lumoja 'a stupefier,' lukija 'a reciter,' katselija 'an observer,' laulu-mies 'a song-man,' ampuja 'an archer,' kukkaro-mies a bag-man.' Others are of foreign origin like mahti-mies or mahtaja